View Record #842



ID842
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutMVP Colony
Rough Address/AreaTTD Bus Stop, MVP Double Rd, MVP Colony
City/DistrictVishakhapatnam
StateAndhra Pradesh
Location Latitude17.73660278
Location Longitude83.33450317
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2010-2012
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?City (main)
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?Garden/Park
Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows?More than 1 km across (eg, a large village or town)
Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above?I lived there
Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above?Never: I saw no sparrows during this period
Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see?Does not apply: I never saw sparrows during this period
Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests?No sparrows observed
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period?The sSparrows used cirping in my house, some time back, say, 1983 till 1998 or so. Latter, I moved over to Delhi and post retirement returned to Visakhapatnam and was surprised not able to see not even a single Sparrow. After, seing a documentary about the care taken by an UK Zoo to save sparrows, thought, why not do something like that in my house it self? But don't know how to progress?
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality?
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words.
Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes?
Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown?
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality?
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they?
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality?